The Catholic Church was against its Latin Bible being translated into other languages, as Catholic priests had the sole right to interpret the Bible according to church doctrine. In 1234, the Council of Tarragona decided that all Bibles in the vernacular languages should be burned and people were forbidden to own translations of the Bible. In this way, people were to be kept away from the Word of God. Nevertheless, King Alfonso dared to translate the entire Bible into Spanish in the 13th century. Nevertheless, King Alfonso X dared to translate the entire Bible into Spanish in the 13th century. To this purpose, he set up a school of translators in Toledo, in which not only Christians but also Muslims and Jews were involved, as they had the opportunity to gain access to important writings and had an excellent knowledge of the languages. From the 14th century onwards, Jewish Bible scholars began to translate directly from the Hebrew. At this time, the largest Jewish community in Europe lived in Spain. The term "biblia romanceada" (Wikipedia) is traditionally used in publications, codices and studies as a synonym for "medieval translation of the Bible into Castilian". 

Probably the oldest Bible text in Spanish can be found in La Fazienda de Ultra Mar (Acts of the Apostles from Overseas) from the early 13th century (Wikipedia). This work contains an account of a journey to Israel and includes information from the Pentateuch and other books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) as well as from the Gospels and the Epistles. There is one surviving manuscript, which is housed in the library of the University of Salamanca. The codex consists of 86 folios. However, this is not a genuine translation of the Bible, but rather a travel report in which parts of the Bible were also translated or only described.

Facsimiles:

1220  Fazienda, (lafaziendadeultramar),   Link2

1220  Fazienda, printed 1965 by editor Moshe Lazar Almerich (Goodreads) 

Dave McDougall: The Fazienda de Ultramar and the Contribution of the Vulgate

The name "biblia romanceada" (Wikipedia) is a collective term for medieval publications from the 14th century in the "Romanic" language, as Castilian was also called. In general, only parts of the Old Testament were translated. The most important writings or codices are:

1) Biblias romanceadas Codex E4, E5, E6, E7, E8 and E9, found in the Biblioteca de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain. The Biblia Prealfonsina, also known as the Biblia Romanceada Prealfonsina (see below), is a translation of the Bible into Spanish, based on the Latin Vulgate and the original languages. It is preserved in two of the aforementioned manuscripts, E6 (I-j-6), from the 13th century, and E8 (I-j-8), from the 15th century, which are complementary. The Biblia de Osuna is preserved in the manuscript I.I.6, see below.

2) Codex 87, which is in the Real Academia de Historia, Madrid, Spain. Latin text and parallel Spanish translation of the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees.

3) Codex 10288, in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain.

4) Codex CXXIV/1-2, in the Biblioteca Pública de Évora, Évora, Portugal.

5) Codex 52-XIII-1, held at the Biblioteca de Ajuda. Lisbon, Portugal.

6) The Alba Bible, La Biblia de Alba, (see below), Palacio de Liria, Madrid, Spain, see below.

The process of translating biblical texts into Spanish began in the 13th century. The oldest surviving remnants of a translation of the Bible into Castilian are those of the so-called Biblia Prealfonsina (i.e. Bibles that were produced before the Alfonsina Bible 1280), which is kept in the Library of El Escorial (Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain).

Manuscript E6 is composed of 358 folios on parchment with the text arranged in two columns, with 28 miniatures. It seems to have been copied close to its date of composition around 1250. The corpus includes the text in its entirety which contains the following books: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch (which includes the Epistle of Jeremiah), Ezekiel, Daniel (with the Prayer of Azariah, the Hymn of the Three Young Men, the Story of Susanna and the Story of Bel and the Dragon), Twelve Prophets and Maccabees 1-2. It continues with the NT with the following books: the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Epistles of St. Paul, Epistle of St. James the Apostle, Epistles of St. Peter the Apostle, Epistles of St. John, Epistle of St. Jude and Revelation. Manuscript E8 consists of 236 leaves on paper and is laid out in two columns. It was produced around 1400 and contains the OT.

Facsimiles:

1250  Biblia Prealfonsi (Biblia Medieval) 

Alfonso X el Sabio (Alfonso the Wise; *1221, †1284; Wikipedia) was King of Castile and Leon and also German Emperor (1257-1273). Because of his commitment to culture and science, he was nicknamed "the wise man" (el sabio). He founded a school of translation in Toledo, which consisted of Christians, Jews and Muslims. Among the work of the experts was the translation of the OT and the Gospel of Luke from the Vulgate. It was thus the first Spanish Bible ever. It was copied by monks and was named "King's Bible" or "Biblia Alfonsina" (Wikipedia) in honor of the king. Wikipedia reports that the Biblia Alfonisa is supposedly „the first translation into a European language“. This is not correct, because by then there were even several German translations and the Gothic Bible from 350-380 AD had already appeared before the Latin Vulgate (382 AD), which was officially approved by the Pope. However, it is one of the first complete publications of the complete Bible (OT) in a modern language. In addition to the Hebrew basic text, phrases were also taken from the latin Vulgate, so that some inaccuracies have occurred. The Bible was published in 1280, but most of the books of the New Testament (with the exception of the Gospel of Luke) have not been translated. The work exists in several versions, as it was constantly revised not only during King Alfonso's lifetime but also after his death.

The biblical text is divided into 6 parts:

- Part 1: Pentateuch
- Part 2: Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings
- Part 3: Song of Songs, Proverbs, Wisdom, Kohelet, Psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Hos, Am, Jon, Tobit, Job, 1/2 Chronicles
- Part 4: Jer, Daniel, Obadiah, Zeph, Lament, Baruch, Hab, Judith, Ezra, Neh, Haggai, Zech, Esther and Eccles.
- Part 5: Maccabees 1, Maccabees 2
- Part 6: New Testament (not completely translated, only the Gospel of Luke is available)

In this Catholic manuscript all Christians could find the Sabbath resurrection of Jesus, because the Latin Vulgate has been correctly translated into the Spanish language. The basic Greek text, the Latin Vulgate and the first Spanish Gospel do not differ in their statements (example).

Facsimiles, online PDF download: 

1280  Biblia Alfonsina, Scribd.com

1280  Biblia Alfonsina, Iglesiareformada.com,     Part 2

1280  Biblia Alfonsina, Online-Text, TheWord.net PC Program Modul (Downloads, Module Library),   Extra Module

1280  Biblia Alfonsina (Wikipedia)

The Alba Bible (Wikipedia) is a illuminated manuscript translation of the Old Testament made directly from Hebrew into Medieval Castilian. It was carried out under the direction of Rabí Mošé Arragel (Moses Arragel de Guadalfajara; †1493; Wikipedia), rabbi of the Jewish community of Maqueda in the Spanish province of Toledo. The Alba Bible 1430 contains three illustrations of the Menorah (seven-branched lampstand; see Menorah). The Bible was published for the public by the Duke of Berwick and de Alba between 1920 and 1922.

Title 1920: „Biblia / Antiguo Testamento / Traducida del hebreo al castellano por Rabí Mose Arragel de Guadalfajara (1422 1433?) y publicada por el Duque de Berwick y de Alba“

The Bible of the Marquis of Santillana (Íñigo López de Mendoza; *1398; †1458; Wikipedia) is preserved in fragments in two codices (BNE MSS/10288 with the later prophets and some writings, and BNE MSS/9556 with the Gospels and the Epistles of Paul), which must have been accompanied by a first volume that is not preserved with the rest of the Bible (Biblia Romanceada del Marqués de Santillana). This work was commissioned by de Mendoza, who was the baptismal godfather of the translator Martín de Lucena, a Jewish convert, who translated the Bible from Hebrew and Latin.

Title: „Los Santos Evangelios en romance / los cuales son romançados por el Reverendo Doctor Maestre Martín de Lucena, el Macabeo, por mandado del Excellentíssimo Caballero Iñigo López de Mendoza (h.1 67v). Epístolas de San Pablo en romance/ las cuales son romançadas por el Reverendo Doctor Maestre Martín de Lucena, el Macabeo, por mandado del Excellentíssimo Caballero Iñigo López de Mendoza (h. 68 97)“

Facsimiles:

1450  Lucena  (Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, MSS/9556),   Link2

Info: La Biblia completa del Marqués de Santillana, PDF (revistadefilologiaespañola) 

Lectionarium missae: Espístolas y Evangelios del año by Fray Ambrosio de Montesino (*1444?-29; †1514; Wikipedia). Translation of the readings of the Roman Missal based on the version of Gonzalo Garcia de Santa Maria at the request of the Catholic kings. (Antwerp, Habsburg Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain). It was later revised by Román de Vallzillo in 1586. These kinds of books were not about translating the NT correctly, but about reading Catholic Church teachings over the course of the year. These writings are useless for Bible study because the text was often not translated correctly, as the main purpose was to spread Catholic doctrine throughout the year. Therefore, non-biblical words such as Sunday, the feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary, the veneration of the saints, the Trinity and Catholic feast days were frequently mentioned.

Print locations: Toledo (1512, 1532, 1535, 1549), Sevilla: Juan Varela 1526, Sevilla: Juan Cromberger 1536, Sevilla 1543, Amberes (Antwerp; 1538, 1542, 1544, 1550, 1558), Zaragoza (1550, 1555) etc.

Title: „Epístolas y Evangelios por todo el año con sus doctrinas y sermones“

Facsimiles:

1537  Montesino, Seuilla: por Iuā crōberger (BdH, R/1285),   Link2

1550  Montesino, En çaragoça: por Bartholome de Nagera (BdH, U/3849),  Link2

1550  Montesino, (BdH, RES. 1003 V.),   Link2,   PDF,   Link3  

1558  Montesino, En Anuers : en casa de Iuan Steelsio (typis Ioannis Latij) (BdH, U/1555)

15xx  Montesino (BdH, R/10595),  Link2 

The first Protestant translation of parts of the Bible into Spanish by Juan de Valdés (*1494/1504; †1541; Wikipedia). It includes the Spanish translation of the Sermon on the Mount, chapters 5 to 7 of the Gospel of Matthew. The prohibition of the book by the Spanish Inquisition led him to go into exile in Italy, with the support of Charles V. In Naples he continued translating books of the Bible: Book of Psalms, the complete Gospel of Matthew (1535/36), Epistle to the Romans (1556) and First Epistle to the Corinthians (1557). He was considered a genius in classical languages such as Greek, Hebrew and Latin.

Title: „Diálogo de Doctrina Cristiana, published without indication of author in the printing house of Miguel de Eguía.“

Title Matthew Gospel 1535: „El Evangelio según San Mateo“

Title 1856: „La epistola de San Pablo á los Romanos i la I a los Corintios [Texto impreso] / ambas traduzidas i comentadas por Juan de Valdés“

Title 1882: English: „Juán de Valdés' commentary upon the Gospel of st. Matthew. Now for the first time translated from the Spanish, and never before published in English by John T. Betts, London: Tübner & Co“ - Note: Here the Spanish text is translated incorrectly into English in several places, especially in those that speak of the day of Jesus' resurrection (un sábado = a Sabbath) and not „on the first day of the week“ (el primer día de la semana). More Info.

Facsimiles and Online Text:

1529  de Valdés, Diálogo de doctrina cristiana, Online Text, Sermon on the Mount, Mt 5-7 (iglesiareformada)

1529  de Valdés, Diálogo de Doctrina Cristiana (ellibrototal)

1529  de Valdés, Diálogo de Doctrina Cristiana, Matthew 5-7, reprint 2007 by Marco Antonio Coronel Ramos (1Library)

1535  de Valdés, El evangelio según San Mateo, PDF of 2003 as modern text (biblioteca.org.ar)

1535  de Valdés, El evangelio según San Mateo, Online Text (cervantesvirtual)

1535  de Valdés, El evangelio según San Mateo, Online Text (biblioteca-antologica),   PDF

1535  de Valdés, El evangelio según San Mateo (ellibrototal)

1535  de Valdés, Diálogo de Doctrina Cristiana (ellibrototal)

1856  de Valdés, Romanos / Corintios, Reprint from 1556 (BdH, U/9740),   Link2

1856  La Epistola de san Pablo a los Romanos/1Corintios (Archive),    Link2

1880  de Valdés, San Mateo, Madrid: Librería Nacional y Extranjera, Eduardo Boehmer (GB),    Link2

1882  John T. Betts, English Translation of Valdes/Matthew (GB),    Romans,    1Corinthians,   1Corinthians-b

1883  John T. Betts, English, Commentary Romans/1Cor, London: Trübner (Archive),   Link2

1964  Diálogo de doctrina christiana, Reprint, Mexico (Archive),    Link2 

The first complete NT in Spanish was translated by the later Protestant Francisco de Enzinas (=Franciscus Dryander, *1518, †1552; Wikipedia) and printed in the Netherlands (Antwerp, Ambres) by Steven Mierdman (Stephan Mierdman; *c.1510; †1559; Wikipedia). Enzinas was a very good connoisseur of the Greek language and worked as professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge in 1548/49. At the instigation of the Spanish Catholic Church, which only allowed the Latin Vulgate, printing was banned and all Spanish Bibles (except for a few copies) were completely destroyed. Enzina's translation has been highly praised, and quite rightly so, because he was able to reproduce the meaning exactly in Spanish. In his Bible, Jesus rose from the dead on a Sabbath morning (see Link). 

Title 1543: „El Nuevo Testamento de nuestro Redemptor y Salvador Jesu Christo, traduzido de Griego en lengua Castellana, por Francisco de Enzinas, dedicado a la Casera Magestad.

Habla Dios. Josue: No se aparte el libro de esta ley de tu boca. Antes con atento animo estudiaras en el día y de noche: para que guardes y hagas conforme a todo aquello que esta en el escrito. Por que entonzes haras prospero. Por que entonzes haras prospero tu camino, y te gobernaras con prudencia. 1543"

Facsimiles, online PDF download (Nuevo Testamento de Francisco de Enzinas): 

1543  Enzinas-NT, Enueres : en casa de Esteuan Mierdmanno (BDH, Signatura: U/8477),    Link2   

1543  Enzinas-NT, Antwerpen, Belgien, Nuevo Testamento traducido por Francisco de Enzinas (Archieve) 

1543  Enzinas-NT, Enueres: en casa de Esteuan Mierdmanno, Microfiche (WLB Stuttgart)  

1543  Enzinas-NT, Enueres: en casa de Esteuan Mierdmanno (WLB Stuttgart, Signatur: B span.154301) 

1543  Enzinas-NT, Antwerp: Esteuan Mierdmanno (Christies) 

1543  Enzinas-NT, Online-Text (Valera1909.com) 

1543  Enzinas-NT, Online-Text (IglesiaReformada.com) 

This edition of the Hebrew Bible in Spanish, known as the Ferrara Bible, was intended mainly for Jews who had been driven from Spain in 1492. The Old Testament (Tanakh) has been published in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), a Romance language spoken by Sephardic Jews since the Middle Ages and sometimes called "Sephardic" (from the Hebrew sefarad: Iberia) after them. Casiodoro de Reina additionally used this print for his translation (Reina-Valera Bible). The Sephardic Jews of Spanish origin published this edition in the Italian city of Ferrara in the workshop of Abraham Usque (Christian name: Duarte Pinhel; *c. 1520; †1558; Wikipedia), a Jew from Portugal, printer and publisher in Ferrara, Italy.

Title 1553 [5313]: „Biblia en Lengua Española Traducida Palabra por Palabra de la Verdad Hebrayca por Muy Excelentes Letrados, Vista y Examinada por el Oficio de la Inquisicion. Con Privilegio del Ylustrissimo Señor Duque de Ferrara.“ 

Title 1661 [5421]: „Biblia en lengua española / Traducida palabra por palabra de la verdad hebrayca, por muy excelentes letrados. Vista y examinada por el Officio de la Inquisicion. Con Privilegio del Ilustrissimo Señor Duque de Ferrara.“

Title 1762 [5486]: Bible in two columns, Hebrew-Spanish: „Torah Neviʼim u Khetuvim bi shne ʻamudim = Biblia en dos colunas Hebrayco y Español ... en la primera ... el original hebraico ... en la segunda ... la traduccion en la lengua española / [por Abraham Mendez de Castro].“

Juan Pérez de Pineda (*1490, †1567; Wikipedia) was one of the most important Spanish reformers. Together with Jean Crespin (=Iuan Philadelpho; *1520, †1572, Wikipedia) he improved the NT of Enzina in a more fluent language and had it printed in Geneva in 1556. In order to conceal the actual place of printing (Geneva was considered Protestant) and to be able to distribute the Bible in Spain, the title page indicated Venecia (Venice, Italy), the headquarters of the Catholic Church (Rome), as the place of manufacture. Several of these Bibles have also been smuggled into Spain. The Württembergische Landesbibliothek (WLB, Germany) has one copy in its collection for insight. A free copy is also available for download from Google Books. In 1558 the number of Protestant refugees in Geneva was so great that a separate Spanish church was founded. The Spanish Bible always spoke of the resurrection of Jesus on a Sabbath morning (see examples).

Title 1556: „El Testamento nuevo de nuestro señor y salvador Iesu Christo. Nueva y fielmente traduzido del original Griego en romance Castellano. En Venecia, en casa de Iuan Philadelpho. 1556.“

Facsimiles, online PDF download: 

1556  Pineda-NT, Genf, Nuevo Testamento editado por Juan Pérez de Pineda  (Archive) 

1556  Pineda-NT, Venecia [i.e. Geneva] : en casa de Iuan Philadelpho (WLB Stuttgart),    Link2  

1556  Pineda-NT, Venise [Genève] : [Jean Crespin] « Juan Philadelpho » (ERARA),     Link2  

1556  Pineda-NT, Venecia [i.e. Ginebra] : en casa de Iuan Philadelpho [i.e. Jean Crespin] (BDH, Signatura U/7620),    Link2  

1556  Pineda-NT, Verlag: Juan Philadelpho, 1556. Original von: la Biblioteca de Catalunya (Google Books)  

1556  Pineda NT, Iuan Philadelpho (Bridwell Library) 

1557  Pineda Psalmen, Los Psalmos de David con sus sumarios, printed in Venecia (Numelyo, Cote : 327567) 

The first complete Spanish Bible. Casiodoro de Reina (*1525, †1594; Wikipedia) was a catholic monk from Spain. He was a great connoisseur of the original biblical languages. However, when he came into contact with the Reformation, he was classified as a heretic by the Church and had to flee from the Spanish Inquisition to England, Germany and later to Switzerland. In Switzerland he translated the entire Bible from the original languages and had it printed in Basel in 1569. He thus published the first complete Spanish Bible, which was published 42 years before the English King James Bible (KJV 1611). It was nicknamed "Bible of the Bear" (La Biblia del Oso) because the title page of the Bavarian (German) printer Mattias Apiarius had a bear on it. For the NT, which was published as early as 1567, he had the Greek Textus Receptus (Stephen's 1550 edition) as a textual basis. Although neither the translator nor the place of printing was mentioned in the 1569 print, the Inquisition nevertheless learned in 1571 that the place of printing was Basel and had most of the Bibles burned. There were also reprints in other places, for example in London (Field) in 1596. Since Reina could not be arrested, his picture was publicly burned in Seville and all his books were banned. In 1622 the same text was reprinted in Germany (Frankfurt/Main) by Daniel and David Aubrij (Aubrey, Aubrey Bible). But the title page was different and contained a horse (see below).

Title 1569: „La Biblia que es, los Sacros Libros del Vieio y Nuevo Testamento. Trasladada en Español. La Palabra de Dios nuestro permanece para siempre. Isa.40. 1569“

German: Die erste spanische Voll-Bibel. Casiodoro de Reina (*1525, †1594; Wikipedia) war ein katholischer Mönch aus Spanien. Er war ein großer Kenner der biblischen Originalsprachen. Als er jedoch mit der Reformation in Verbindung kam, wurde er von der Kirche als Ketzer eingestuft und musste vor der spanischen Inquisition nach England, Deutschland und später in die Schweiz fliehen. In der Schweiz übersetzte er die gesamte Bibel aus den Original-Sprachen und ließ sie 1569 in Basel drucken. Er veröffentlichte damit die erste vollständige spanische Bibel, die bereits 42 Jahre vor der englischen King James Bibel (KJV 1611) erschienen ist. Sie erhielt den Spitznamen „Bibel des Bären“ (La Biblia del Oso), weil auf dem Titelblatt des bayerischen Drucker Mattias Apiarius ein Bär abgebildet war. Für das NT, welches bereits 1567 veröffentlicht wurde, stand ihm als Textgrundlage der griechische Textus Receptus (Stephanus' 1550) zur Verfügung. Obwohl im Druck von 1569 weder der Übersetzer noch der Druckort genannt wurden, erfuhr die Inquisition dennoch im Jahr 1571, dass der Druckort Basel war und ließ die meisten Bibeln verbrennen. Es gab auch an anderen Orten Nachdrucke, z.B. 1596 in London (Field). Da Reina nicht festgenommen werden konnte, wurde sein Bild in Sevilla öffentlich verbrannt und alle seine Bücher wurden verboten. Im Jahr 1622 wurde der gleiche Text in Deutschland (Frankfurt) von Daniel und David Aubrij (Aubrey, Aubrey-Bibel) nachgedruckt (Pferd-Motiv). 

Under the title "Las Sagradas Escrituras Version Antigua" (SE) Russell Martin Stendal published in 1996 a translation of the Reina Bible 1569 with a text comparison of Enzinas-1543 and Pérez de Pineda 1556 in modern Spanish. Other names of the newly published Bible are Reina Valera 2000 (RV2000) and Spanish Jubilee Bible 2000 (Biblia del Jubileo, JBS2000; c.f. English Jubliee Bible JB2000 and EJ2000). The textual differences between these versions are very small.

Facsimiles, online PDF download: 

1569  Sagradas Escrituras, Stendal (Project Gutenberg) 

1569  Sagradas Escrituras (BibliaParalela.com) 

1569  Sagradas Escrituras, SE, online text (Studybible.info) 

1999  Las 1569 Sagradas Escrituras. Revised 1999, Online Text (Gratis.Bible) 

2000  JBS2000, Biblia del Jubileo, Online Text (biblegateway) 

2000  JBS2000, Spanish Jubilee 2000 Bible, Online Text (Studybible) 

2000  JB2000, English Jubilee 2000 Bible, Online Text, SWORD-Module 

2000  EJ2000, English Jubilee Bible, Online Text (Studybible)

2000  RV2000, Online Text (bibliatodo) 

2000  RV2000, Online Text (nocr) 

2000  RV2000, Online Text (theaudiopower),     PDF,    Audio Bible 

The Reina Valera Bible (abbreviation: RV) is the best known and worldwide most widespread Spanish Bible translation. It appeared over 40 years before the English King James Bible, which was not printed until 1611. The catholic monk Cipriano de Valera (*1532, †1602; Wikipedia) was a friend of Casiodoro de Reina (*c 1520; †1594; Wikipedia). Because of protestant views, Valera also had to flee from Spain to England. There he worked on the revision of the Bible of Reina. The NT was printed in London in 1596 (the title page shows a sword), the whole Bible in Amsterdam in 1602. The Bible was thus translated by C. de Reyna and revised by C. de Valera, it is therefore called the Reina Valera Bible (RV).

This version no longer contains the image of a bear on the title page, but rather that of a jug (Biblia del Cántaro = Bible of the Jug) from which water flows and waters a tree. The text hardly differs from the Reina Bible of 1569, and both the resurrection of Jesus and the church meeting take place on the first of the seven Sabbaths until Pentecost (see verses). In the later revisions of the RV in the years 1831, 1865, 1909, 1960, 1995 and 2000, the Sabbath was increasingly replaced by the "first day of the week". However, Bibles with the original translation of 1602 were also printed again and again, such as the 1858 editions published in London. Version revistay confrontada con el texto Griego, y con diversas traducciones, por Cipriano de Valera. Londres. 1865") or of 1867, all of which clearly speak of the resurrection of Jesus on the Sabbath. 

Sebastián de la Enzina was a Spanish preacher working in Amsterdam, of whom little information survives. He revised and improved the text of the Valera Bible into modern Spanish and had his Bible printed in Amsterdam. But beware, because sometimes the NT of Torres Amat also has the same title at the NT. The NT of Franzisco de Enzinas 1543 was clearly translated more accurately, in the NT of Sebastian de la Enzina compromises are made with his theological views. 

Title 1708: „El Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Señor Jesu Christo. Nuevamente Sacado á luz, corregido y revisto por Dn. Sebastian de la Enzina, Ministro de la Yglesis Anglicana y Predicador a la illustre Congregacion de los Honorables Señores tratantes en España.  Luc. 2:10. Heaqui os doy nuevas de gran gozo, que sera a todo el Pueblo. En Amsterdam, Impresso por Jacobo Borstio Librero, 1708.“

Title 1817: „El Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Señor y Redentor Jesu Cristo. Nueva Edicion, cuidadosamente corregida. Año de 1817.“

Until the end of the 18th century, the Catholic Church did not allow the Latin Bible (Vulgate) to be translated into Spanish. As a result, there were almost only Protestant Bibles in Spanish, which were mostly produced abroad and smuggled into the country. Official Catholic printing only began very late with Anselmo Petite in 1788, Scío de San Miguel in 1790 (NT; 1793 AT+NT) and Félix Torres Amat in 1823-25. An unknown Christian did not want to wait that long and dared to translate the Gospels himself. He did not copy the text from the Protestant Bibles, but spent countless hours editing the Gospels himself. He avoided ecclesiastical dogma and translated as it was originally meant. This very valuable and unique book (15 x 10 cm, 243 pages) shows how much effort some people have made to always have the Word of God with them. Today, many historical and new Bibles are even available for free, but how many people are really interested in them?

Facsimiles (Manuscrito evangélico español del siglo XVII):

17xx  Gospel Manuscript (Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Mss/5497),    Link2

Abraham Méndez de Castro has translated the Tanakh (Old Testament) into Spanish. The the two-column work (Hebrew Spanish) work was printed in Amsterdam (en casa y a costa de Joseph, Iacob, y Abraham de Salomon Proops).

Title 1762 [5522]: „Torah Nevi’im u Khetuvim bi shne’amudim = Biblia en dos colunas hebrayco y español : en la primera coluna el original hebraico, con todas las perfecciones en las letras puntos y taamin, con las anotaciones de or tora poniendo cada coza en su lugar , en la segunda coluna, la traduccion en la lengua española, y buscamos la palabra mas propria en aquella lengua, para exprimir el sentido del texto; para lo qual añadimos a las vezes alguna palabra inter ( ) líneas para mayor clareza.– Amsterdam : en casa y a costa de Joseph, Iacob, y Abraham de Salomon Proops, estampadores y mercaderes de libros, hebraicos y españoles, Aº. 5522 [por Abraham Mendez de Castro].“

Facsimiles:

1762  Tanakh by Méndez de Castro, Amsterdam: Amsterdam:  Joseph, Iacob, y Abraham de Salomon Proops (BDH),  Link2

1762  Tanakh by Méndez de Castro, Amsterdam: Erven van Salomon ben Joseph Proops (Simurg),   Link2,   Link3

1762  Tanakh by Méndez de Castro, Amsterdam, Una Biblia sefardí (Universidad de La Laguna) 

Fray Anselmo Petite (*1744; †1805; Wikipedia) was a Benedictine abbot of the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla and one of the first translators of the Gospels into Castilian. When the Inquisition allowed the Bible to be translated into Spanish in 1782, recognized Catholics began to produce an official Bible. Until then, Catholic printings were mostly bilingual in order to compare the text with the Latin Vulgate. Anselmo Petite's NT is also bilingual. Gospels in Spanish and Latin, and the first complete translation of the Gospels authorized by the tribunal of the Holy Faith.

Title 1784 (Psalms): „Los Salmos Penitenciales en latín y castellano,con las letanías y Preces y una glosa de afectos morales sobre cada uno de sus versos... Los Salmos graduales en latín y castellano...“

Title 1787/88: „Los Santos Evangelios / traducidos al castellano con notas sacadas de los Santos Padres y Expositores Sagrados por el P.M. Fr. Anselmo Petite...“

Title 1854: „Los santos evangelios traducidos al castellano con notas sacadas de los santos padres y expositores sagrados por el Rmo. P. M. Anselmo Petite Nueva edición, con láminas“

Title 1855: „La Biblia de las familias católicas, Dispuesta para uso de los simples fieles con vista de las versiones de Carrieres, Sacy, Martini y los ilustrisimos Scio y Torres Amat por Juan de Villaseñor y Acuña, director de la Biblioteca religiosa. Con Licencia del Ordinario. Madrid y Santiago: Librerías de Ángel Calleja, editor. Lima: Librería Española de Ángel Calleja y Compañia. 1855“

Title 1883 Barcelona: „La Sagrada Biblia. Traducida de la Vulgata Latina al Español, aclarado el sentido de algunos lugares con la luz que dan los textos originales hebreo y griego, é ilustrada con varias notas sacadas de los santos padres y expositores sagrados por Félix Torres Amat, Dignidad de Sacrista de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Barcelona, individuo de la real Academia Española, de la de la Historia, etc. etc. etc. Nueva Edicion. ilustrada por Gustavo Doré con Licencia de autoridad Eclesiastica... Barcelona: Montaner y Simon, Editores, Calle de Aragon, Números 309 Y 311. 1823.“

Until 1831, all Bibles came from Europe, whether Catholic or Protestant. Galván y Rivera's edition was the first to be printed in Latin America (Mexico). This Bible was published in 25 volumes and contained the Vulgate text on one column and the Spanish translation of the French Biblia de Port Royal 1767-73 (17 Volumes) with its marginal notes and commentaries on the other. The profuse notes, references, commentaries and reflections made by several French religious, among them Padre Henri-François de Vence (*1676; †1749) and the Benedictine abbot Augustine Calmet (*1672; †1757; Wikipedia), made the work known as the Bible of Vence. In the translation of this Bible, the 4th French edition of 1820 was used. The new edition appeared in 25 volumes between 1831 and 1836 and contained the text of the Vulgate as well as the Spanish text with all the notes and maps. This Bible was not widely used because the Torres Amat editions were preferred, as they were more practical and appeared in only one volume. Although this Bible was produced by Catholics, it is not categorized as Catholic due to the lack of additional Catholic texts and the mention of the Inquisition in some commentaries.

Title 1831: „Sagrada Biblia: en latin y español, con notas literales, críticas é históricas, prefacios y disertaciones, sacadas, Henri François de Vence.“

Facsimiles:

1831-1833  Biblia de Vence, Mexico (Archive),    Vol.22

1831-1833  Biblia de Vence, Mexico (juanstraubinger)

1831-1883  Biblia de Vence, Vol.1 (GB),  Vol.2,  Vol.3,  Vol.4,  Vol.5,  Vol.6,  Vol.7,  Vol.8,  Vol.9,  Vol.10,  Vol.11,  Vol.12,

Vol.13,  Vol.14,  Vol.15,  Vol.16,  Vol.17,  Vol.18,  Vol.19,  Vol.20,  Vol.21,  Vol.22,  Vol.23,  Vol.24,  Vol.25

French version:

1767  Saint Bible en latin et en français, Vol.1 (Archive),  Vol.2,  Vol.3,  Vol.4,  Vol.5,  Vol.6,  Vol.7,  Vol.8,  Vol.9,

Vol.10,  Vol.11,  Vol.12,  Vol.13,  Vol.14,  Vol.15,  Vol.16,  Vol.17,  Tablas

1838/39  Saint Bible en latin et en français, Vol.1 (GB),  Vol1,  Vol.2,  Vol.3,  Vol.4,  Vol.5,  Vol.6,  Vol.7,  Vol.8,  Vol.9,  Vol.10,

Vol.11,  Vol.12,  Vol.13,  Vol.14,  Vol.15,  Vol.16,  Vol.17

1889  Saint Bible en latin et en français, Vol.1 (Archive),  Vol.2,  Vol.3,  Vol.4,  Vol.5,  Vol.6,  Vol.7,  Vol.8,  Vol.9,
Vol.10,  Vol.11,  Vol.12,  Vol.13,  Vol.14,  Vol.15,  Vol.16,  Vol.17

La Biblia Sagrada Version Cotejada 1850 is a Spanish-language translation of the Holy Scriptures that was published in New York by the American Bible Society (Sociedad Bíblica Americana) around the time of the Civil War (1861 to 1865). It contains a version of the text that is claimed to have been „diligently compared with ancient languages“ (version cotejada cuidadosamente con con las lenguas antiguas Specifically, this means that the content is reminiscent of the early revised version of Reina Valera 1831, which was edited again. The Cotejada version was revised in 1854. However, the two-column Spanish/English edition published in the same year, 1854, still had the original Spanish content. It was the first Spanish Bible to be printed on American soil. However, as it was a modification of the old Reina Valera versions, the 1928 Jünemann Bible (see below) was the first Bible printed in America to be translated only from the Greek NT and the Greek Septuagint (Old Testament).

Title 1850 Bible: „La Biblia Sagrada, Traducida en Español. Version Cotejada Cuidadosamente con las Lenguas Antiguas. Nueva-York: Edicion Esteriotipica [bound with:] El Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Traducido en Español. Nueva York“ 

Title 1854 NT: „El Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Señor Jesus-Christo. Version cotejada cuidadosamente con las antiguas traducciones, y revisada con arreglo al original griego por la Sociedad Americana de la Biblia. Edicion Esteriotipica. Nueva York…”

Facsimiles: 

1850  Version cotejada Bible, 1st edition, Nueva-York (HathiTrust) 

1850  Version cotejada Bible, 1st edition, Nueva-York (GB) 

1851  Version cotejada Bible, Nueva-York (GB) 

1851  Version cotejada NT, Nueva-York (GB) 

1852  Version cotejada Bible, Nueva-York (HathiTrust)

1852  Version cotejada Bible, 3rd edition, Nueva-York (GB)

1854  Version cotejada NT, Spanish and English in parallel columns, Nueva-York (Archive)

1854  Version cotejada NT, Spanish and English in parallel columns, Nueva-York (HathiTrust)

1854  Version cotejada NT, Spanish and English in parallel columns, Nueva-York (GB)

Revised Version:

1854  Version cotejada Bible, Nueva-York (HathiTrust) 

1855  Version cotejada NT, Nueva-York (GB) 

1856  Version cotejada Bible, 6th edition, Nueva-York (Archive) 

1856  Version cotejada Bible, 6th edition, Nueva-York (HathiTrust) 

1856  Version cotejada Bible, 6th edition, Nueva-York (GB) 

1861  Version cotejada NT, Nueva-York (GB) 

1863  Version cotejada NT, Nueva-York HathiTrust) 

1863  Version cotejada NT, Nueva-York (GB) 

1864  Version cotejada Bible, Nueva-York (HathiTrust) 

1864  Version cotejada Bible, Nueva-York (GB) 

Enrique B. Pratt (*1832; †1912), a Presbyterian missionary in Colombia, translated the Bible into Spanish using a mixed translation of the original languages, the Septuagint, Vulgate, Reina Valera, Scío de San Miguel, Torres Amat and Petisco versions. It was published in 1893 by the American Bible Society (ABS). As it was difficult to read and riddled with Anglicisms, it was revised and published in a second edition in 1929. It did not catch on because the American Bible Society decided to publish the Reina Valera and no longer supported the printing of this version. Since this Bible did not always follow the original Greek text exactly and copied texts from other translators, it was not the first Spanish Bible produced on American soil that was translated from the Greek, but it was the Jünemann Septuagint Bible 1928 (NT).

Title 1893: „La Santa Biblia, constando del Antiguo y del Nuevo Testamento: traducida de las lenguas originales, y cotejado diligentemente con muchas y diversas traducciones: versión moderna“ - Translated: „The Holy Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments: translated from the original languages, and diligently compared with many and various translations: modern version.“

Facsimiles:

1893  Versión moderna, New York: Sociedad Bíblica Americana (Archive),    Archive-2

1893  Versión moderna, New York: Sociedad Bíblica Americana (HathiTrust)

1893  Versión moderna, New York: Sociedad Bíblica Americana (commons.ptsem)

1929  Versión moderna revised 1929, Online Text, La Santa Biblia Moderna 1929 (biblicom)

2018  Versión moderna, Reprint (GB)

2020  Versión moderna revised 2020, La Santa Biblia Moderna 1929 actualizada 2020 (biblicom)

The first Spanish Bible printed in America. The Catholic priest Guillermo Junemann Beckschaefer (Wilhelm Jünemann Beckschäfer; *1856, †1938; Wikipedia), who emigrated to Chile from Germany, produced in 1928 the first Spanish translation of the Bible (Wikipedia) to be printed on American soil (Chile). He used the Septuagint (LXX, OT) and the Greek New Testament basic text as his source. Although the Bible was completed in 1928, only the NT could be printed in 1928; the complete Bible was not published until 1992. Jünemann has worked accurately, translated the passages in Jn 20:1; Acts 20:7 and 1Cor 16:2 excellently and speaks of the women coming to the tomb „on the one of the Sabbaths“, since there are three Sabbaths in the week of Passover (see Bible verses) and seven weekly Sabbaths between Passover (Nisan 15) and Pentecost (50th day), which must be counted every year according to God's biblical calendar. Jünemann also translated various other historical Greek books into Spanish.

There were other Spanish Bibles printed in America before that, but there is a big difference:  It is the only direct Spanish translation, preferentially, though not exclusively, of the Greek texts of both Testaments, according to the usage of the primitive Church. And the most literal of all those that exist in the Spanish language.

The German Juan Straubinger (Johannes Straubinger; *1883; †1956; Wikipedia) was a translator who published his Bible with about 37,000 references and commentaries, which is why this Bible was also called the Commentated Bible (Biblia Comentada; Wikipedia). This catholic version 1951 is considered the first complete Catholic Bible in Spanish (based on the Hebrew and Greek texts) made in Latin America, with the exception of the deuterocanonical books which are translated from the Latin Vulgate, since in Straubinger's opinion the Greek text of these is not always the best. Straubinger acknowledged in the preface to his translation that the Jünemann Bible was an older biblical version than his own. However, the Old Testament of the Jünemann Bible had not yet been published by 1951. It was given the name Biblia Platense because it was produced in the city of La Plata in Argentina. In 1941 (NT) and 1943 (Bible, La sagrada biblia: según la Vulgata), the Catholic version of Félix Torres Amat was first revised according to the Vulgate text (Editorial Guadalupe). Straubingers own Bible appeared shortly afterwards. The Gospels were finalized in 1944. the NT in 1948, the complete Bible was published in 1951 by Desclée de Brouwer. There were several prints worldwide under different names: Los Santos Evangelios (La Plata, Argentina 1944), Hechos de los apóstoles (La Plata 1945), Cartas de San Pablo (La Plata 1947), Nuevo Testamento (La Plata, Argentina 1948), Biblia comentada (La Plata, Argentina 1951), Sagrada Biblia (USA 1958, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974), Biblia comentada (Mexico 1969), La Santa Biblia (Argentina 1991), Sagrada Biblia (Spain 1995), La Santa Biblia (Argentina 2007). The year of publication is usually not given in the PDFs offered on the Internet, but the 1951 text has been changed only slightly. However, the Jünemann Bible 1828 was more accurate in several verses, Straubinger was concerned with spreading Catholic views.

Title 1950 NT: „NUEVO TESTAMENTO / Traducción directa del original griego / por Monseñor Doctor Juan Straubinger / con todas sus notas completas según la fiel versión original“

Title 1951: „LA SAGRADA BIBLIA / Traducción directa de los Originales / por Monseñor Doctor Juan Straubinger / con todas sus notas completas según la fiel versión original“

Facsimiles and Online Text:

1950  Straubinger NT (Archive)

19xx  Straubinger OT Vol.1  (Archive),   Vol.2,   Vol.3,   Vol.4

19xx  Straubinger OT (Archive),   Archive2

19xx  Straubinger NT (Archive),   Archive2,  Archive3,  Archive4,  Archive5

19xx  Straubinger, correction 2 (Archive),   Ver.2-Archive

19xx  Straubinger, correction 4, 7 and 8 (Archive),  correction-7- Archive,  correction-8,    correction-12-Archive

19xx  Straubinger Bible, correction 9, PDF (Archive),    Archive2,   Correction 23 Archive,   Archive4,   Word-Doc-Archive

19xx  Strauginger OT, PDF (gloria.tv),     New Testament

19xx  Straubinger, PDF (curas.com.ar)

19xx  Straubinger NT and Bible (rosariofatima) 

Interlinear New Testament (English-Greek) by Francisco Lacueva Lafarga (*1911; †2005; Wikipedia). It is not a concordant translation, but a free translation that makes compromises in order to be better understood in Spanish, which however sometimes changes the statements in the NT, as in the resurrection chapter of the NT, where no distinction is made between cardinal and ordinal numbers and where the Greek Sabbath in the singular and plural is equated with the week.

Title: „Nuevo Testamento Interlineal Griego Español. Con el texto griego de Nestle. Traducción literal al castellano y notas lingüísticas marginales por Francisco Lacueva.“

Facsimiles, online PDF download:

1984  Francisco Lacueva: NT by Joaquín Abreu (Archive),      Link2,     Link3 

1984  Francisco Lacueva: Nuevo Testamento Interlineal Griego Español (escriturayverdad)

Rabbi Moshe Yoseph Koniuchowskys is an evangelist who mainly addresses the Jewish population in New York and then in Florida. He is concerned with the quote "restoration of the true name of God" (Elohim, YHWH...) in the Bible (also NT), but he has changed the statements of the original Hebrew and Greek Bible, which is unacceptable. It is therefore an interpretative Bible, comparable to the work of Jehovah's Witnesses. Several editions followed, in which the text was changed again and again.

Title: 2014: „LAS ESCRITURAS DE RESTAURACIÓN / EDICIÓN DEL NOMBRE VERDADERO... / Las Escrituras Apartadas De La Nación De Yisrael En Restauración / Con Un Contenido Tanto Del Tanak Y Del Convenio Renovado / La Segunda Edición Completa En El Español / Traducida De La Cuarta Edición Actualizada En El Inglés / Supervisión Escritural y Administración Doctrinal / Por El Sholiach – Apóstol Mosheh Yoseph Koniuchowsky / YATI (Los Ministerios Internacionales De Sus Brazos A Yisrael) / El Condado De Baker, Florida – © 2014 / Revisado 01/01/5984 D.A. (Año Hebreo Aproximado Desde Ahdahm) – Abril 2014 (Año Romano).“

Online-Text:

2004-20xx  RSTE, theWord/e-SWORD-Module,   Link2

2005  RSTE, 2nd edition, PDF (Archive) 

2006  RSTE, 3rd edition English (nonameszone)

2006  RSTNE, PDF (scribd) 

2008  RSTNE, PDF (Archive) 

2008  RSTNE, PDF (hrti) 

2010  RSTNE, PDF (academia)

2010  RSTNE, OT, PDF, Biblia Hebrea en Español Tanaj (academia),   Link2,   Link3

2014  RSTNE, PDF (wsimg)

20xx  RSTNE Comentario Biblico de Escrituras NV (bibliatodo)

20xx  RSTNE, 8th edition, Webseite RSTNE Scriptures

César Vidal: „El Nuevo Testamento interlineal griego-español.“ The Greek text of this New Testament is based on the Textus Receptus, which served as the basis for the great Bible translations into other languages, e.g. the Reina Valera translation, the King James translation (English) or Luther's translation (German). It is not a concordant translation, but a free translation that makes compromises in order to be better understood in Spanish, which however sometimes changes the statements in the NT. Interlinear but not always accurate

Facsimiles, online PDF download:

2011  César Vidal: Nuevo Testamento interlineal griego-español (academia) 

2011  César Vidal: Nuevo Testamento interlineal griego-español (Google Books)

2011  César Vidal: Interlineal del NT Griego-Español, J. Abreu (Archive) 

Interlinear Bible by MAB - Ministerio Apoyo Bíblico - from Argentina. This two-column Bible shows the Revised Reina Valera 1909 and next to it the new RVI (MAB). The differences between the two versions are very small.

Title Bible: „Biblia Reina Valera Indepediente. TEXTO ESPAÑOL LATINO Basado en Reina 1569 - Valera 1602 - Revisión 1909 NT ajustado al Texto Mayoritario, con las variantes más significativas del Textus Receptus 1551“

Title NT: „Nuevo Testamento Reina Valera Indepediente. En Paralelo RV1909. Texto basado en Reina 1569, Valera 1602, Revision 1909 Ajustado a los manuscritos Bizantinos [Texto Mayoritario] Con las variantes mas significativas del Textus Receptus 1551“

Facsimiles and PDF:

2012  RVI, MAB Ministerio Apoyo Bíblico (Website),    Link2

2012  RVI, Biblia Reina Valera Independiente, MAB Ministerio Apoyo Bíblico (Archive),   PDF

2012  RVI, NT, Parallel Bible: RVI and RV1909 New Testament Diglot (Archive),   Link2 

The LogosKLogos website is amazingly accurate and shows the resurrection of Jesus on a Sabbath morning (see proofs), more precisely on the „first Sabbath“ (Mk 16:9). This always means the first Sabbath of a series of altogether 7 Sabbaths, which according to the biblical calendar of God have to be counted every year between Passover (15th Nisan) and Pentecost and can be found in every Jewish calendar. The basic Greek text speaks neither of the „first day of the week“ nor of „a Sunday“, but calls the Sabbath by name seven times in the resurrection chapter of the NT (read more).

German: Dies ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel dafür, dass die besten Texte oft kostenlos verfügbar sind, aber viele Christen wissen das nicht und kaufen stattdessen teure Interlinear-Bibeln, die nicht so genau sind. Es ist ein leichtes und einfaches Werkzeug, um die Bibel in ihrer Originalsprache zu lesen, zu vergleichen und zu analysieren, mit der Online-Interlinear-Bibel, dem Strong's Greek Dictionary und dem Strong's Hebrew Dictionary.

Dieser sehr genaue und kostenlose Service basiert auf den Bibeln: Reina Valera 1960 (Spanisch), Tischendorfs 8. Ausgabe des Griechischen Neuen Testaments mit morphologischen Tags Version 2.7, G. Clint Yale's Tischendorf Text, Dr. Maurice A. Robinson's Public Domain Westcott-Hort Text und Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (hebräisches AT). 

Die LogosKLogos-Website ist erstaunlich genau und zeigt die Auferstehung Jesu an einem Sabbat-Morgen (Beweise), genauer gesagt an dem "ersten Sabbat" (Mk 16,9). Damit ist immer der erste Sabbat einer Serie von insgesamt 7 Sabbaten gemeint, die gemäß dem biblischen Kalender Gottes jedes Jahr zwischen Passah (15. Nisan) und Pfingsten gezählt werden müssen und in jedem jüdischen Kalender zu finden sind. Der griechische Grundtext spricht weder vom „ersten Tag der Woche“ noch von „einem Sonntag“, sondern nennt im Auferstehungskapitel des NT den Sabbat sieben Mal beim Namen (mehr dazu).